Posted on 07/30/2025 10:10:37 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
A Russian missile hit a Ukrainian army training ground, killing three soldiers and wounding 18 others, authorities said, in the latest attack to embarrass military officials as they struggle to make up a severe manpower shortage in the nearly 3½-year war.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that the strike killed or wounded about 200 Ukrainian troops. The ministry said that Ukraine’s 169th training center near Honcharivske in the Chernihiv region was hit with two Iskander missiles, one armed with multiple submunitions and another with high explosives.
A Russian Defense Ministry video showed multiple small explosions apparently caused by a missile with a shrapnel warhead followed by one big blast, apparently from the other one armed with a high-explosive warhead.
Ukraine can ill afford to lose more troops. Though it has more than 1 million Ukrainians in uniform, including the National Guard and other units, it badly needs more.
Deeply rooted problems have bedeviled Ukraine and brought questions about how Kyiv is managing the war, from a flawed mobilization drive to the overstretching and hollowing out of front-line units through soldiers going AWOL.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a bill Tuesday that allows Ukrainian men over the age of 60 to voluntarily sign contracts with the armed forces. The new law allows those who want to contribute their experience and skills, particularly in noncombat or specialized roles.
In February, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry began offering new financial and other benefits that it hopes will attract men between the ages of 18 and 24 to military service. Men in that age group are exempt from the country’s draft, which covers men between 25 and 60 years old.
Ukraine lowered its conscription age from 27 to 25, but that has failed to replenish ranks or replace battlefield losses.
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What Honcharivske doink?
However we won't be rid of 'em, they'll continue to Post from Zelensky's Rear!
The Russians caught three British officers in Zoocraynie and have them in custody.
Pretty high ranking officers.
Was this before or after the earthquake?
It’s called propaganda. Brought to you by your favorite terrorist, Putin.
I thought Vlad the Monster only killed innocent civilians and children.
According to google each missile costs three million dollars.
Since the United States supports Ukraine and is its most important backer, it seems strange to see people cheering on the enemy.
The EU globalists love this war. White, nationalistic Christians are slaughtering each other. Migrants will replace the dead in Ukraine and transform the culture in accordance with globalist goals.
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Trump speech to make Al Jolani great again.
If they have active security clearances, they are posting anonymously.
Reading the comments here becomes better entertainment by the day.
Today’s fog of war report:
Side note: There’s also a rumor that Z is going to be taken out in a Coup, I’m guessing that’s BS.
The announcement of body exchanges are interesting and highly in favor of Russia but I discount them to some extent. This is the latest I can find (13 days old):
“Following the agreements reached in Istanbul, another 1,000 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers were handed over to Ukraine today,” Vladimir Medinsky, head of Russia’s delegation at the peace talks, said on Telegram on Thursday, adding that Ukraine handed over 19 slain Russian soldiers.”
Since Russia is on offense and pushing forward, it makes sense they would find more bodies as they can pick up many of their own since they lay on ground Russia has taken.
Meanwhile Ukrainian troops are retreating often, which probably means leaving bodies behind if they are under fire as they retreat, then Russians arrive and find those bodies.
Daniel Davis (retired United States Army officer and an analyst of United States foreign policy. He was one of the earliest military officers to publicly criticize the War in Afghanistan) said recently on Youtube that Ukraine is currently building cemeteries while Russia is not. He thinks Ukraine is suffering a lot more casualties than Russia.
Weird, you should look into this war in Europe and our massive aid, and who our own forces and weapons in Europe are arrayed against.
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